Mark L. Polansky's Birth Card: The 2 of Spades

In the record

Mark Lewis Polansky (born June 2, 1956) is an American aerospace engineer and research pilot and a former NASA astronaut. The birth-card coordinate for June 2 is the 2 of Spades — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.

The 2 of Spades coordinate

Mark L. Polansky's birthday maps to the 2 of Spades (The Skeptical Partner). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a mission and not a verdict on Mark L. Polansky. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You hold two pressures at once and still make a call that can live in the world.

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Mark L. Polansky in the public record

Polansky received the nickname "Roman" as a joke, because he shares a last name with director Roman Polanski. He flew on three Space Shuttle missions: STS-98, STS-116, and STS-127 and was first person of Korean ancestry in space. Polansky's father, Irving, was Jewish. His mother, Edith, is originally from Hawaii and is of Korean descent. Polansky was raised as a Jew, and honored his father's heritage by taking a teddy bear from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum along for the ride on STS-116. He is married and has two kids — one daughter and one son. Polansky graduated from J. P.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Mark L. Polansky (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 2 of Spades

A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about Mark L. Polansky, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.

Ability to hold multiple perspectives simultaneously

Mark Lewis Polansky (born June 2, 1956) is an American aerospace engineer and research pilot and a former NASA astronaut.

Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: engineer, pilot.

Also on the record

1. Stevens High School in Edison, New Jersey in 1974.
2. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical and astronautical engineering, and a Master of Science degree in aeronautics and astronautics, from Purdue University, both in 1978.
3. Polansky received an Air Force commission upon graduation from Purdue University in 1978.
4. He earned his pilot wings in January 1980 at Vance AFB, Oklahoma.

Other astronauts with this card

• Charles Conrad Jr. — NASA Group 2 · Deceased · 4 flights
• Garrett E. Reisman — NASA Group 17 · Former · 2 flights
• Michael L. Gernhardt — NASA Group 14 · Former · 4 flights

FAQ

What is Mark L. Polansky's birth card?

The 2 of Spades. June 2 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a spaceflight?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast missions, character, or fate.

Where do Mark L. Polansky's dates come from?

Birth date 1956-06-02 is the day-precision date on Mark L. Polansky's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 16 · Former · 3 flights), verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only NASA dates and NASA↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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